I haven't seen the FZG-76 Reichenberg mentioned. While Hanna Reitsch lobbied Hitler relentlessly to put together a suicide squad using the...
This is purely subjective so opinions carry the same weight.[IMG] I see the P-51 as the most important aircraft in WW II if not "best," whatever...
Though I was never officially told if or when I could mention any activities outside of our official areas of operation, we did operate in...
The earlier 323s had more 7.9s than crew but they simply changed stations to fire as needed. When troops were carried loopholes in the sides...
I've always felt the Italians were more akin to the Japanese than the Germans in their philosophy of combat aviation. They favored light,...
I've accumulated a few hundred books mostly on WW II combat aviation but on other aviation eras and other books on WW II. PM me if you need...
Ceraphix and chaps- Naw I like "what if" scenarios. It's those dolts that keep up the "which plane, tank or? was better." "Better" is subjective...
8,000 must be some sorta misprint cause there were only 1,566 Spitfire I s built with a very few IIs in existence during the BoB though the...
Again remember that 1941's people had different atitudes, beliefs, mores, values and perceptions than those today. Who are we to say they were...
Whoa! You're talking about the amount of force you can leaglly use in some sort of citizens' arrests of 5 people? Sounds like a guy taking a...
Tactics are good only if you can use them. A good deal of the time at this juncture of the war the Zeros attacked in superior numbers and/or by...
Montana- you have the proper insight not only into this topic but ever one on this board or any like it. People attempt to peer back through...
Thought I'd check out this board since it appears there is a fair cross section of interesting topics. I began my library in the late 1950s and...
The simple word overated usually means that more weight has been given something than it actually possessed. In fact there are hardly any...
Is anyone following the weekly episodes on Friday night on the History Channel? Each week from the beginning of the war the USS Enterprise's...
The American acess I have known based in the Med had pretty terse comments on the Italians' fighting ability. "Their being in the air was usually...
That pic abouve of the Me 323 with it's "wheels down" is normal. The 323s were converted from gliders and the landing wheels were fixed. This...
Fortunately I have met and interviewed a few hundreds aces over the years from all countries but I'd sure like to be able to talk to my favs- Don...
Hi guys. With all due respect I'm curious as to why T.A. is questioning historical statistics that have pretty well been distilled out by now to...
